Example sentences of "be used [prep] [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , no more than about a dozen viruses have been produced on a commercial scale and only a few of these have been used on more than a few hundred hectares per year . |
| 2 | It has increasingly been used for technical as well as valuation issues , and for dispute resolution . |
| 3 | Can biotechnology be used for other than genetic purposes ? |
| 4 | The only thing I like about him is the feeling that there is something there that could be used for good if it could be got at . |
| 5 | Provided that the mixer is a battery-operated type , the set-up is fully mobile and can be used for outdoor as well as indoor locations . |
| 6 | Clearly , information from the subcortical visual system can , under some circumstances , be used for more than the control of visual reflexes . |
| 7 | He pleaded for sources to be used for more than just illustration or comprehension . |
| 8 | Or between wife and husband , we tend to think only of transfer from husbands to wife , but er we do meet quite er a w er ladies who 've got quite high earnings and they themselves are paying forty percent in which case they should make sure that any investment income of theirs is transferred to the husband , so as to get the , to either use up allowances that are not being used at all because of absence of the income , or to benefit from these different rates of tax . |
| 9 | Mixed institutions , the greater part of which were used for other than hospital purposes , were to remain with the local authority and would not be taken into the National Health Service . |
| 10 | In the mid 1970s an IPM survey showed that even the most popular tests were used by fewer than 10 per cent of companies . |
| 11 | ( Most often , a digit is used with 9 for ‘ do n't know ’ or 0 for ‘ do n't know ’ and 9 for ‘ other ’ . ) |
| 12 | It is the chief active ingredient in vinegar but the world 's consumption of about two and a half million tonnes per year is used for more than sprinkling on fish and chips . |
| 13 | If the technology is used for more than word processing then lawyers will certainly need to be trained . |
| 14 | At the moment , automated workflow is used in less than a quarter of all electronic document management systems ; by 1995 it is projected to have jumped to over three quarters . |
| 15 | This accounting method has been used in local government throughout its modern context in the UK , i.e. since 1835 ; indeed , it was used before that as well . |